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Lighting up behind the wheel will become an expensive habit in California if there are kids in the car. KPBS Reporter Ed Joyce has more on several new laws that kick in next week.

In 2001, when the new president came into office, many in Syria's political opposition believed there would be a democratic reform. Instead, many dissidents were jailed. As Syria's current president promises another wave of reform, Syrian activist Kamal Labouani is not convinced.

Supreme Court justices returned from their summer recess early to hear arguments Wednesday in a case involving an anti-Hillary Clinton movie. At issue is a century of campaign finance laws and whether free speech rights extend to corporations and unions.

Wednesday's argument is a double first: The first argument to be heard by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and the first time new U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan will argue a case before the Supreme Court.

President Bush announced a return to one-year tours of duty for U.S. soldiers serving in war zones, scaling back the current 15-month deployments as part of an effort to ease strain on the military and boost troop morale.

President Bush arrived in office over five years ago promoting faith-based and community organizations. Because of a terrible hurricane season and other disasters, more people are seeking assistance t

Fun for all in Kung Fu Panda (Dreamworks) By Vikram Bhoyrul If I had a quarter for every time a panda has entertained me so much than I would have exactly…

New Yorker writer and surgeon Atul Gawande devotes himself to learning how to improve the practice of medicine, from decreasing cost to decreasing errors. In his latest book, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, he examines how people in a wide variety of disciplines have used the deceptively simple checklist to master extraordinary levels of complexity.

Bestselling author Anchee Min's new historical novel is about the early life of Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck, who grew up in China. The book is called "Pearl in China" and tells a story of a life-long friendship between Buck and a peasant girl. Through riots, abusive husbands, fame, jealousy and the Cultural Revolution, their powerful friendship allows Min to explore Buck's compelling life and China's early 20th century history.

Pro-Taliban militants are thought to be responsible for a suicide attack at a major army base in Pakistan that left more than 40 soldiers dead.